(2012, Joe Carnahan)
Okay so I won tix to Liam Neeson's new wilderness survival pic from good old Nordling at AICN. So that was cool. . . Nordling raved about this exciting movie and seemed to think Mr. Neeson would be up for an Oscar if it were not after the selection period. I am not sure about that but the acting is good. (H-town's own) Dallas Roberts is really good as is Frank Grillo (in important supporting roles). I like to describe Frank Grillo as the handsomest man that director's manage to make look really rough. This is a fairly unremarkable story of plane crash victims versus ravening wolves. There are some nice poetic edits, some nice lensing, some decent wolf effects (KNB), and we get to hear Liam Neeson be Irish. There is good emotion here but I did not cry and there is no double-punchiness. . . think the somberness of The Road but not as bleak. I want to like Joe Carnahan-- I dug Smokin' Aces, and I found the A-team pleasantly surprising. There were some logical gaps in this film and if I say that then there are some logical gaps in this film. Stay through the credits if you want. . . . (5/7)
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